Summary

  • Alex Salmond to stand down as First Minister

  • Scotland votes No to independence

  • David Cameron says vote "settles will of the Scottish people"

  • Lord Smith of Kelvin to oversee further devolution

  • Voters answered: "Should Scotland be an independent country?"

  1. North Ayrshire turnoutpublished at 02:11 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Turnout was 84.4% in North Ayrshire.

  2. 100-year-old voterpublished at 02:11 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Laura Maxwell, BBC Scotland

    Edinburgh's chief counting officer Sue Bruce says one woman who voted in person today was celebrating her 100th birthday. Ms Bruce described it as "a wonderful demonstration of the voter's commitment to democracy".

  3. 'Remarkable' turnoutpublished at 02:10 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Andrew Black
    Political reporter, BBC Scotland

    The high voter turnout is becoming one of the stories of the evening so far at the Ingliston central count.

    Lib Dem peer Lord Wallace says the 83% turnout in his former Orkney constituency is "remarkable", given turnout at elections there never really got above about 67%.

  4. Scottish Borders turnoutpublished at 02:09 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Morag Kinniburgh, BBC Scotland News

    Scottish Borders turnout is 87.4%.

  5. Orkney analysispublished at 02:08 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    John Curtice
    Professor of politics at Strathclyde University

    This is probably one of the toughest council areas for the "Yes" side thus we should not be surprised if the council reports a very substantial "No" lead here.

    This is exactly what has transpired with "Yes" winning less than a third of the vote. We should probably avoid reading too much into this given the count of the area.

  6. Falkirk countpublished at 02:07 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Fiona Walker
    BBC Scotland

    Both sides say it's neck and neck in Falkirk. Both still smiling...

  7. Dumfries turnoutpublished at 02:07 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Turnout in Dumfries and Galloway was 87.5%.

  8. 'Utter cynicism'published at 02:04 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Conservative peer and former Scotland Secretary Lord Forsyth tells the BBC: "The political class really ought to take a lesson from this referendum campaign because the one thing that came over on the doorsteps was utter cynicism about the political class."

  9. ORKNEY RESULTpublished at 02:04 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    "No" wins by 10,004 to 4,883.

    That's 67% for "No" and 33% for "Yes".

    There was a turnout of 83.7%

  10. East Dunbartonshirepublished at 02:02 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    John Curtice
    Professor of politics at Strathclyde University

    Another middle class area that commonly has a relatively high turnout has again repeated past patterns by emerging with no less than a 91% turnout. This is the highest turnout so far.

  11. Eilean Siar countpublished at 02:01 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Catriona Maclennan
    BBC Scotland

    Counting of the ballot papers from the Southern Isles now in full swing. Updated estimated time of declaration for the Western Isles is now 02:30. See here for more updates on Comhairle nan Eilean Siar.

    Southern Isles
  12. Turnout analysispublished at 02:01 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    John Curtice
    Professor of politics at Strathclyde University

    So far the differences between councils in their level of turnout is very similar to that which was evident in the May European elections.

    Thus, although the turnout is typically more than 50 points up on the turnout in May, it looks as though the places with a relatively high turnout in this referendum are going to be the same kinds of places that usually have a relatively high turnout.

    This casts doubt on claims that the "Yes" side has been successful in mobilising voters who do not normally come to the polls.

  13. It's bigpublished at 02:00 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Turnout for this trip to the ballot box has been huge - from Glasgow at 75% to East Dunbartonshire at 91%, and East Renfrewshire and Stirling at more than 90%.

    This most certainly defies the trend of recent years. Study the figures in this picture.

    Datapic on turnout
  14. Perth and Kinross turnoutpublished at 01:59 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Suzanne Allan, BBC Scotland News

    The turnout for Perth and Kinross is 86.9% - 104,285 votes cast.

  15. Falkirk turnoutpublished at 01:58 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Falkirk turnout is 88.7%.

  16. More turnout figurespublished at 01:57 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Andrew Black
    Political reporter, BBC Scotland

    More turnout figures for you. West Lothian: 119,115 votes (86.2% turnout) Midlothian: 60,396 votes (86.8% turnout) Shetland: 15,635 votes (84.4% turnout) and Angus: 80,300 votes (85.7% turnout).

  17. City turnout lowerpublished at 01:57 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    John Curtice
    Professor of politics at Strathclyde University

    Aberdeen has reported a turnout of 82%. This is the third Scottish city to report a lower turnout than much of more rural and suburban Scotland.

  18. East Dunbartonshire turnoutpublished at 01:56 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Sharyn Fleming

    The East Dunbartonshire turnout figure has been confirmed at 91%, with 79,011 votes cast.

  19. Alex Salmond clarificationpublished at 01:56 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    BBC Political Editor Nick Robinson, external: Aides to @AlexSalmond insist that he has not cancelled appearance at his count. They say he was not going in the first place

  20. South Lanarkshire turnoutpublished at 01:55 British Summer Time 19 September 2014

    Catriona Renton, BBC Scotland News

    South Lanarkshire turnout is 85.3%, with 22,2937 votes cast.